Your caring nature could compel you to help others today. Perhaps you may realize that by giving your time and attention to others you are creating a better world for everyone around you. Volunteering at a local organization or helping out a loved one in need could be ways in which you can tap into the depths of your compassion and give something precious to another person. However you choose to extend your love to someone else today, you may want to practice developing your empathy toward others by trying a meditation technique that enhances compassion. On each inhale, you can imagine taking in the suffering of others as if it were your own, and with each exhale, picture that suffering dissolving into a sea of unconditional love. You may find that this not only makes your service more valuable to others but that it adds another dimension to your own understanding of the people around you.

Developing compassion for others makes our service more meaningful not only for those we serve but also for ourselves. When we learn to see others’ problems as if they were our own, we begin to forge a connection to the spirit of each person we meet, which lets us see that there is nothing that separates us—we are all part of the same universal spirit. This realization that others’ problems are no different from your own will allow you to help people from a genuine place of concern today.